Balance sheets have become crucial in modern football, and this time, Manchester United need to get their wage sheet in line before they can pursuit their primary transfer target.
Even if the club is sold to new and high-spending owners, the team will need to keep itself in line with Financial Fair Play regulations, even if that means they are not able to offer a mammoth deal to Harry Kane as we write these lines.
A report by The Sun states that the Red Devils will first have to sort things out with David De Gea in order to offer deals to some of the top players in the Premier League. One of them is Marcus Rashford, but the other one would be Kane, the highly-in-demand striker from Tottenham, who will see the end of his deal with Spurs in 2024, which has prompted interest from many European clubs.
According to the English tabloid, De Gea will need to accept a pay cut so the club has enough funds to sign both strikers. The publication adds that both of them would collect over $340K a week, but that will only be up to the Spanish goalkeeper, who will need to take a $200,000 wage cut, which will be used to offer Rashford a new extention and a fresh deal to Kane.
The other option for Manchester United would be to let De Gea walk away for good this summer and use those funds to sign these footballers, but the problem for the Red Devils comes due to Erik Ten Hag's interest to keep the Spaniard around. Regardless of all discussions, the ball is on De Gea's corner, who does not seem willing to take such a big wage cut, but who has also stated he would like to keep on playing at Old Trafford.
